Forbidden Water

Chapter 27

My dear readers....do you enjoy the story? time will take Leo & Larissa face to face.

Leo's pov...

We swam in the Mediterranean for almost four hours; still we didn't feel tired; Swimming with Lisa always a jovial experience for me. There is no difference between the minds of fishes and men, both are curious, capricious and vivacious. 

It's so atrocious that I'm in love with a fish....err werefish. I'm fisherman, destined to catch them and now I'm loving one of them !!

'Leo, it's our wedding, we don't need other rituals', Lisa whispered into my ear and I'm overwhelmed. We were still swimming, enjoying the cool ripples. She once told me about a ritual of werefishes performed by swimming.

'Of course Love, we don't need anything or anyone to prove our togetherness', I told, 'Let's return back to the shore'.

'Yeah, we shouldn't proceed more', she calmly stated. So,we headed towards the shore with soft strokes.

It's almost four years we are together; my life with her is like a floating orchid in the ocean, that may wither or drown any time but floats on with vivacity !! She is someone who freed me from my past and make me think I'm so much better. It's really funny how people change & think they are so much better.

Having reached on the shore, we were about to kiss, hugging each other,by chance a husky voice of ship pounded on my ear drum.

'Leo, look', I suddenly heard Lisa's surprised voice. My eyes got strangled to see Larissa after so many days, she seemed glad accompanied by other two waterbenders. I saw her hair has grown , her blue eyes are more piercing, an aura is radiating from her body,she is a lot more beautiful,brimming with confidence.I gazed and gazed.

All on a sudden, she extended her view and I was caught with Lisa !! I knew I was still holding Lisa's waist. What a confrontation !! But she looked away,we behaved like 'famillier strangers'.

Ultimately,she's gone; my eyes got watery,soon I felt warm tear drops falling on my cheeks. I still can't believe I saw her after so long; and the tragedy is my hands couldn't hold her,my body couldn't cuddle her up!!!

'Leo, baby................are you okay?', I heard Lisa's concerned voice.

'Nothing', I sighed, 'It's nothing, just thinking how good memories start to make me cry'. Lisa didn't say anything. I saw dark shadow of concern into her eyes.

Lisa didn't say anything through out the road; when we are about to reach fishermen colony,she talked.

'Don't you want to meet her?',her question puzzled me.

'Hmmm.........what do you want?', I asked; after all she is my love now, I should listen to her.

'Baby, you falsely said me, past is past, you've moved on,but I saw the truth in your eyes', she paused after speaking in thick voice,'Still...if you want,you can always go back to her' !!!! She said this but I saw a ocean of tears amassed in her eyes; she didn't let it flow. 

I find my life suddenly shoved in the hardest rock of reality with ravenous wave of time. Suddenly all lights are gone as if my happiness was a mere lightning in the tar black darkness. I saw the hatred in Larissa's eyes; I never saw such vision in any human eye ever. How am I supposed to tell her I tried to blow her conch, but it didn't make any sound. I still treasure her blue beads and tiny pink conch. I even learnt a witch spell for sending her 'Mind-messaging'. Nothing really worked out. A star-teller said our bond is broken!!

I returned home with my head jamming with bizarre thoughts; once there was a time when Larissa's every touch, every word made wonders on me, and now I can't even hug her?